NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday fielded former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, party national secretary NS Boseraju, and Tippannappa Kamaknoor for the June 30 MLC elections in Karnataka.
The Election Commission of India has announced MLC bypolls on June 30 after resignations from the former BJP leaders. The Congress has got the upper hand in the bypolls.
The bypolls for the three Karnataka Legislative Council seats are scheduled on June 30 and the last date to file nominations is June 20. So far, neither the Congress nor the BJP leaders have filed nomination papers.
The Congress, which won 135 seats in the recently concluded assembly elections, has got the upper hand in the state.
The bypolls were necessitated after the then three BJP leaders -- Laxman Savadi, Baburao Chianchansur and R Shankar -- resigned from their posts.
Shettar, who switched to the Congress head of the high octane assembly polls had contested from the Hubballi-Dharwad (Central) constituency seat and lost to BJP candidate Mahesh Tenginkai.
Boseraju, who was a ticket aspirant from Raichur was persuaded by the Congress leadership to give up the seat for Mohammed Shalam, who lost to BJP candidate Dr Shivaraj Patil. Boseraju needs to be in either of the houses within six months of being appointed as a minister.
NOD TO RELAX UPPER AGE IN UPPER AGE LIMIT FOR FILLING UP THE POST OF ASSISTANT PROFESSORS FROM PUNJAB CIVIL DENTAL SERVICES
Taking cognizance of the shortage of teaching faculty in various departments of Government Dental Colleges and Hospitals, Amritsar and Patiala, the Cabinet has approved the fourth amendment, by inserting sub-clause-4 in clause-8 of Punjab Dental Education Service (Group A) Rules 2016, thereby fixing the upper age limit i.e. 37+8=45 years for filling up the post of Assistant Professors from Punjab Civil Dental Services through promotion on the lines of provision made by the Punjab Government in Punjab Medical Education Service (Group A) Rule, 2016. With this, the upper age limit is fixed to 45 years thus ensuring that eligible candidates are available to fill the posts of Assistant Professor to Associate Professor and Professor. This shall help in imparting quality education to dental students as well as providing better health facilities to the public.